I didn't RTFA, or most of the comments, but the majority of the ones I bothered to look at, just don't get it. It has almost nothing to do with quality, bandwidth, or open source evangelism, it's all about money. Note the timing of Google's purchase of On2 - right before MPEG LA makes the decision of whether to charge licensing fees for on-line video distribution: Charge fees = YouTube moves to VP8, and h.264 dies; no fees till 2016 = people still use h.264, because it is designed in to every mobile device, and MPEG LA can gain fees from device manufactures.
As a developer for a regional university, I recently backed off supporting HTML 5 video, for many reasons. Practically all of them can be summed up in the following statement: We have hundreds of terabytes of video, and not enough machines, people or storage to have video in two formats, let alone three. In addition to this, practically every modern mobile device will play h.264/3gp; the codec of choice is obvious, unless there is a licensing fee for broadcast across "the tubes".
If there is a viable alternative, as soon as there is a fee for h.264, my university, and I'd be willing to bet that many others as well, will run away. The bean counters at MPEG LA know this. If YouTube migrates to VP8 mobile devices will almost HAVE to support VP8, AND if Google releases the codec every cash-strapped university (and business) on the planet will run to VP8. MPEG LA's licensing fees dry up, and they are used by some little niche industry producing video discs for old timey TV boxes.
Honestly, I'd love to see VP8 released, but I think the current "threat" will be enough to stay the hands of MPEG LA's money grubbing bean counters from charging Interweb broadcast fees.
And what happens when this little wonder fails due to lint, sand, or possibly even a violent impact? (I can't count how many times I've dropped my cell phone.) Radial velocity at over a million RPMs has to be ridiculous. The pieces might be small but I imagine they could fly through a leg or two....
Straight from Windows Help, searching on "folder permissions" - first item: Set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions.
To set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions
Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder for which you want to set permissions.
Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab.
Do one of the following:
To set permissions for a group or user that does not appear in the Group or user names box, click Add. Type the name of the group or user you want to set permissions for and then click OK.
To change or remove permissions from an existing group or user, click the name of the group or user.
Do one of the following:
To allow or deny a permission, in the Permissions for User or Group box, select the Allow or Deny check box.
To remove the group or user from the Group or user names box, click Remove.
Important
If you are not joined to a domain and want to view the Security tab, see To display the Security tab.
If they need more than this (most likely), you could create a short instruction sheet w/screen captures of important dialog boxes, or even a screen capture video (I've done the video - it works marvelously). I'm sure there is a web page out there somewhere that covers this, too.
Be creative; work to your audience, and calls for help will (eventually) be reduced. No one is going to learn how to keep their computer safe, without a bit of education. I also have better things to do than drive everywhere.
It can be done numerous ways. Most Windows applications are (poorly) designed to use their installation directory for temporary files and such. By far the easiest (and least secure) is to simply change permissions on the directories in the "Program Files" directory for the Users Group from Allow "Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, and Read" to Allow "Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write". This partially elevates the Users Group to that of the Power Users Group, and will permit almost every application to work properly.
The users will still need to log in as Administrator to install applications (and set appropriate permissions for these new directories), but this will prevent a lot of malicious software installs. The list of directories NOT to change security on is MUCH shorter; "Common Files" and "Internet Explorer" are the only ones, however, this permission elevation will also need to be repeated for the contents of the "Common Files" directory.
There are better ways to do this (Group Policy, Security Templates, etc.) but that explanation starts to get silly, very quickly.
Either way, I think they got their answer, and didn't like it.
I'm not a regular viewer of TDS, but I've always been a fan since Jon Stewart took over; now I know why. Definitely (and by far) the funniest smart guy, IMHO.
"And $3.89 in retail overhead? To sit on a shelf? Someone's being scammed!"
This breakdown most likely isn't for Wal-Mart or Best Buy (et. al.), but for the small, locally owned stores (such as my local favorite: Joe's Records).
Yes, the single shop retailer is being royally scammed. This is just so s/he could get a few copies into the store and try to compete! It will sit there for weeks on end while they fly out of Wally-World by the dozens, daily, because people WILL go to Wal-Mart to buy it... AND toothpaste, socks, tp, spark plugs, light bulbs, paint, dog food, cookies, toys, and 40 other things.
I've done this - I f**king hate Wal-Mart, but it is too damn convenient! CD's are always an afterthought (oh... while I'm here, I wonder what they have?), but I usually come away with something (kick ass! The best of DIO! [yea, I know, get off me ]). I stopped in to buy some laundry detergent; $73 before I left the place!
I agree, entirely. Just about everyone who replied is correct, too.
I had the (dis-)pleasure of working in a grocery store for a number of years while going to school. My store had simple calculators attached to the handles of the carts; they were eventually removed. They saw abuse that no one ever though of (and promptly failed), were vandalized, or stolen.
Product placement is just shy of rocket science. Ever notice how the children's cereal is placed around waist height, right where a kid's eyes would be? Purchased shelf space is part of the equation, but item popularity plays into placement too; chicken noodle soup, for example, is on the bottom shelf of every local store - it's easier to restock. There is an amazing amount of consumer psychological analysis and employee ergonomics that works into the store layout (I have seen some of the charts - it was astounding).
I really just don't see this as an expense that the grocery industry could absorb, as I think someone mentioned, the profit margin is quite low. Final profit that the chain owner saw for selling a single can of peas: one-half cent. Every store looses money on milk (there must be a cow union, somewhere), however, there are a few products that do have high profit margins (Purina Dog Chow, for example), but not too many.
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I didn't RTFA, or most of the comments, but the majority of the ones I bothered to look at, just don't get it. It has almost nothing to do with quality, bandwidth, or open source evangelism, it's all about money. Note the timing of Google's purchase of On2 - right before MPEG LA makes the decision of whether to charge licensing fees for on-line video distribution: Charge fees = YouTube moves to VP8, and h.264 dies; no fees till 2016 = people still use h.264, because it is designed in to every mobile device, and MPEG LA can gain fees from device manufactures. As a developer for a regional university, I recently backed off supporting HTML 5 video, for many reasons. Practically all of them can be summed up in the following statement: We have hundreds of terabytes of video, and not enough machines, people or storage to have video in two formats, let alone three. In addition to this, practically every modern mobile device will play h.264/3gp; the codec of choice is obvious, unless there is a licensing fee for broadcast across "the tubes". If there is a viable alternative, as soon as there is a fee for h.264, my university, and I'd be willing to bet that many others as well, will run away. The bean counters at MPEG LA know this. If YouTube migrates to VP8 mobile devices will almost HAVE to support VP8, AND if Google releases the codec every cash-strapped university (and business) on the planet will run to VP8. MPEG LA's licensing fees dry up, and they are used by some little niche industry producing video discs for old timey TV boxes. Honestly, I'd love to see VP8 released, but I think the current "threat" will be enough to stay the hands of MPEG LA's money grubbing bean counters from charging Interweb broadcast fees.
Spheres? Oh, like an onion; it smells bad and makes your eyes water!
(props to donkey)
And what happens when this little wonder fails due to lint, sand, or possibly even a violent impact? (I can't count how many times I've dropped my cell phone.) Radial velocity at over a million RPMs has to be ridiculous. The pieces might be small but I imagine they could fly through a leg or two....
Straight from Windows Help, searching on "folder permissions" - first item: Set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions.
To set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions
Important
If they need more than this (most likely), you could create a short instruction sheet w/screen captures of important dialog boxes, or even a screen capture video (I've done the video - it works marvelously). I'm sure there is a web page out there somewhere that covers this, too.
Be creative; work to your audience, and calls for help will (eventually) be reduced. No one is going to learn how to keep their computer safe, without a bit of education. I also have better things to do than drive everywhere.
oh, I forgot about the "Messenger" folder ... and any other IM clients. Do NOT reset User permissions on these....
It can be done numerous ways. Most Windows applications are (poorly) designed to use their installation directory for temporary files and such. By far the easiest (and least secure) is to simply change permissions on the directories in the "Program Files" directory for the Users Group from Allow "Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, and Read" to Allow "Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write". This partially elevates the Users Group to that of the Power Users Group, and will permit almost every application to work properly.
The users will still need to log in as Administrator to install applications (and set appropriate permissions for these new directories), but this will prevent a lot of malicious software installs. The list of directories NOT to change security on is MUCH shorter; "Common Files" and "Internet Explorer" are the only ones, however, this permission elevation will also need to be repeated for the contents of the "Common Files" directory.
There are better ways to do this (Group Policy, Security Templates, etc.) but that explanation starts to get silly, very quickly.
I'm not a regular viewer of TDS, but I've always been a fan since Jon Stewart took over; now I know why. Definitely (and by far) the funniest smart guy, IMHO.
This breakdown most likely isn't for Wal-Mart or Best Buy (et. al.), but for the small, locally owned stores (such as my local favorite: Joe's Records).
Yes, the single shop retailer is being royally scammed. This is just so s/he could get a few copies into the store and try to compete! It will sit there for weeks on end while they fly out of Wally-World by the dozens, daily, because people WILL go to Wal-Mart to buy it ... AND toothpaste, socks, tp, spark plugs, light bulbs, paint, dog food, cookies, toys, and 40 other things.
I've done this - I f**king hate Wal-Mart, but it is too damn convenient! CD's are always an afterthought (oh ... while I'm here, I wonder what they have?), but I usually come away with something (kick ass! The best of DIO! [yea, I know, get off me ]). I stopped in to buy some laundry detergent; $73 before I left the place!
Just my 2 cents....
I agree, entirely. Just about everyone who replied is correct, too.
I had the (dis-)pleasure of working in a grocery store for a number of years while going to school. My store had simple calculators attached to the handles of the carts; they were eventually removed. They saw abuse that no one ever though of (and promptly failed), were vandalized, or stolen.
Product placement is just shy of rocket science. Ever notice how the children's cereal is placed around waist height, right where a kid's eyes would be? Purchased shelf space is part of the equation, but item popularity plays into placement too; chicken noodle soup, for example, is on the bottom shelf of every local store - it's easier to restock. There is an amazing amount of consumer psychological analysis and employee ergonomics that works into the store layout (I have seen some of the charts - it was astounding).
I really just don't see this as an expense that the grocery industry could absorb, as I think someone mentioned, the profit margin is quite low. Final profit that the chain owner saw for selling a single can of peas: one-half cent. Every store looses money on milk (there must be a cow union, somewhere), however, there are a few products that do have high profit margins (Purina Dog Chow, for example), but not too many.